- Born
- Birth nameDiane Julie Abbott
- Nickname
- Diane Abacus
- Diane Abbott was born on September 27, 1953 in Paddington, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Black Cab (2000), The All Star Impressions Show (2009) and University Challenge (1962). She was previously married to David Thompson.
- SpouseDavid Thompson(1991 - 1993) (divorced, 1 child)
- Educated at Harrow County grammar School and Newnham College, Cambridge.
- [1987-] Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington.
- Formerly a civil servant (1976-1980) and journalist (1982-1987).
- Is of Jamaican heritage.
- The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons.
- You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.
- White people love playing 'divide and rule'. We should not play their game.
- Without its trade union link, what is the Labour Party? It's a bunch of Oxford PPE graduates looking for constituencies to represent.
- I would always rather represent ordinary people than represent bankers, but that's why I was never New Labour.
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